U15 AAA

Trevor Sprague will oversee both the Integrated and Female AAA programs in Northern B.C. Sprague has been involved in hockey in the north for over 30 years and has spent the last 17 years with teams in the BCEHL. He is entering his 10th season as the general manager of the Cariboo Cougars and sixth as the general manager of the Northern Capitals. Sprague coached in Prince George for over 20 years before moving to the management side of the game.  

During his coaching and management career, Sprague has won two provincial titles with the Cariboo Cougars’ U18 AAA team. Sprague is also a key driver behind the annual BC Hockey Winter Classic event that is held in Northern B.C. each winter. 

Mirsad Mujcin is in his seventh-year coaching in the BCEHL. He believes that the BCEHL is beneficial to many young players in northern BC and has allowed them to play a higher caliber of hockey, while also allowing them to develop new friendships within the game they love.

Mujcin was born in Yellowknife, NT. During his playing days he was forced to move away to Edmonton to pursue playing AAA youth hockey. After his youth hockey days, he went on to play in the Western Hockey League and the ECHL. He is a certified collision repair technician and now is a shop manager with Craftsman Collision.

The BCEHL welcomes Brad Veitch for his first season as general manager for the Fraser Valley Thunderbirds. Veitch, between 2002-2022, has held various positions within Mission Minor Hockey Association (MHA), including manager, head coach and assistant coach at the U11, U13, U15, U18 and U21 levels. Additionally, he served as Mission MHA's vice president from 2007-2013. The Mission native was the head coach of the Pacific Junior Hockey League's Mission City Outlaws from 2013-2022. 

Veitch is currently a full-time senior systems analyst. He attended Mercyhurst University from 1990-1994 where he obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Computer Science.

The 2024-25 season will mark the second season in the BCEHL and first as head coach for Bronson Sharp. Previously an assistant coach with the U18 AAA Fraser Valley Thunderbirds during the 2021-22 season, Sharp joins the U15 Thunderbirds as head coach for the upcoming season.

Sharp brings four seasons of Major Junior experience to Fraser Valley, playing with the Portland Winterhawks and Everett Silvertips of the Western Hockey League from 2015-2019. Sharp grew up in Mission and got his start in hockey with Mission MHA. He is a graduate of the University of Fraser Valley and currently owns his own hockey skills business where he works with players at the NHL, AHL, Collegiate, WHL and AAA levels.

Shawn McQuistin embarks on his first season as general manager for the Greater Vancouver Canadians. McQuistin was previously with Richmond Jets Minor Hockey Association (MHA), from 2013-2022 where he served in head coach, assistant coach and skill development coach roles at the U11 and U15 levels. Since 2022, McQuistin has held the position of head coach with the Vancouver Thunderbirds MHA's U11 A1 squad.

The Richmond native is a full-time employee for the City of Richmond's Water Department.

Steve Smith is entering his fourth season as a general manager in the BCEHL. Smith currently serves as the Director of Hockey Operations of Okanagan Mainline Amateur Hockey Association. Prior to this, he was the executive director of Kelowna Minor Hockey Association from 2017-2025, division director from 2010-2017, and a coach in the association from 2008-2017. 

The Kelowna native has compiled over 20 years of experience working in minor hockey in Kelowna.

After serving as an assistant coach within the U15 and U17 Okanagan Rocket squads for the last three seasons, Tyler Parfeniuk assumes the head coaching role with the U15 AAA Okanagan Rockets program for the 2024-25 season.

A former player with the Rockets’ program from 2007-2009, he continued his playing career in the junior ranks, spending three seasons with the Nelson Leafs of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League. Originally from Kelowna, Parfeniuk is a graduate of Okanagan College, where he earned a Bachelors of Business Administration. Away from the rink, Parfeniuk works as a litigated insurance adjuster.

Troy Larsen assumes the role as general manager of the Thompson Blazers program for a second consecutive season. Larsen is an experienced member of the hockey community in Kamloops, having served as the Vice President of Kamloops Minor Hockey Association from 2011-2019, and the Director of Hockey Operations for the Kamloops Junior Blazers Development program from 2015-2021.

Originally from Fort St. John, Larsen attended University College of the Cariboo (now Thompson Rivers University) in Kamloops. Outside of hockey, Larsen works for Bell Canada.

The 2024-25 season will mark the first season in the BCEHL for U15 Thompson Blazers Head Coach Kyle Allan. With over 16 years of coaching in the Kamloops area, Allan has spent time at the U13, U15 and U18 levels. He is a member of BC Hockey’s Coaching Program and serves as the Regional Evaluation Lead for the North Okanagan area.

Allan holds a Bachelor’s of Education/Physical Education from Thompson Rivers University, and a Master’s in Educational Leadership from Vancouver Island University. Away from the rink, Allan is a high school teacher.

Jamie Fiset is entering his eighth year as the general manager of the Valley West Giants and brings an additional nine years of working experience in minor hockey with him. He has previously been involved with BC Hockey's Program of Excellence, including a stint as the head coach of Team BC at the 2016 WHL Cup.  

Fiset was a board member with Langley Minor Hockey Association from 2010-2014. He completed his Bachelor of Arts degree and Bachelor's Degree in Education at the University of British Columbia before earning his Master of Arts degree at Royal Roads University. Away from the rink, Fiset is a teacher.

Drago Adam steps behind the bench for the U15 AAA Valley West Giants in his first season in the BCEHL. Adam’s coaching career included a 15-year tenure with Coquitlam Minor Hockey Association, where he coached from the U13 to U21 levels, before moving to Burnaby MHA to coach at the U15 level, where he has been for the last two seasons.

The Vancouver native suited up in the Western Hockey League for three seasons between 1984 and 1987 with the Lethbridge Broncos and the New Westminster Bruins, before signing a contract with the New York Rangers and playing a season professionally with the Colorado Rangers of the International Hockey League.

Greg Harding is entering his ninth season with the Vancouver North East Chiefs program and his seventh as the general manager of the program. The Surrey, B.C. native has been involved in minor hockey for 20 years, previously assuming roles with the Richmond Sockeyes of the Pacific Junior Hockey League (PJHL) and Langley Minor Hockey Association (MHA).  

Harding played his minor hockey at Burnaby Winter Club and Langley MHA before going on to play for the Delta Ice Hawks, Queens Park Pirates and Richmond Sockeyes of the PJHL. Harding also works full-time with Shadow Agency.

After spending the 2023-24 season as assistant coach with the U17 Vancouver NE Chiefs, Roshen Jaswal takes the reins as head coach of the U15 Chiefs for the 2024-25 campaign. Working full-time in hockey skill development, Jaswal has been a coach in minor hockey for five seasons at the U13 and U15 levels, with Surrey Minor Hockey Association and in Northfield, Minnesota.

Over four seasons of junior hockey, Jaswal played with the PJHL’s Aldergrove Kodiaks, Grandview Steelers, along with stops in Ontario with the Fort Frances Lakers and the Kanata Lasers. Jaswal then attended St. Olaf College in Northfield, Minnesota, where he skated with the school’s hockey team, and obtained a degree in Kinesiology and Business Management. Jaswal played three seasons of professional hockey in the ECHL, Federal Prospects Hockey League, and the Southern Pacific Hockey League.

James Wall will lead the Vancouver North West Hawks as general manager for his second BCEHL season. With 15 years in minor hockey, Wall's background includes a decade coaching and eight years as director of hockey with West Vancouver Minor Hockey Association (MHA), and four years as director of hockey operations for North Vancouver MHA.

Originally from Maple Ridge, Wall played minor hockey with Ridge Meadows MHA and graduated from the University of Windsor with a Bachelor of Fine Arts honours degree. Wall is a certified high-performance coach with credentials from BC Hockey and Hockey Canada.

After two seasons as an assistant coach with the U18 Vancouver North West Hawks, Reid Robertson enters his second season as head coach of the U15 squad. Outside of the BCEHL, Robertson has compiled eight years of coaching experience with West Vancouver Minor Hockey Association and North Vancouver Minor Hockey Association.

Robertson hails from Coquitlam and grew up playing for Coquitlam Minor Hockey Association. Robertson played five seasons of junior hockey from 2013-18 with the Grand Forks Bruins and the Creston Valley Thunder Cats of the Kootenay International Junior Hockey League, along with the Port Moody Panthers of the Pacific Junior Hockey League.